Congress has lost its mind...

[Lamplighter]

The news that (D) Barney Frank, Chair of the House Finance Committee,
has decided to not run for re-election is very disappointing to me.

His voting district was re-aligned, losing liberal and gaining conservative voters.
So, at 71 yrs of age, he would have a much more difficult campaign in his next election.
At least that's what his office put out to the news media.

I've always regarded him as the most knowledgeable member
of Congress when it comes to the budget, and day-to-day politics.
For me, if he said it on TV, I accepted it as true. And I think he was
very well accepted by both Dem's and Rep's
I just heard one of his quotes on TV:

If you can't work with people you despise, you don't belong in Washington

Apparently, his seat in Massachusetts is safe for the Dem's.
But Congress is losing so much "institutional memory" that
can not be replaced by a database or the Congressional Record.
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